Antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from children with impetigo in China from 2003 to 2007 shows community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to be uncommon and heterogeneous

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1347-1350

  Liu, Y ^a   Kong, F ^b   Zhang, X ^a   Brown, M ^b   Ma, L ^a   Yang, Y ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Community associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA); Panton Valentine leucocidin (PVL); Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FUSIDIC ACID; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUPIROCIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 72649095573     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09376.x     Document Type: Article

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